Online Courses

Formaldehyde Awareness for General Industry Online Course Description: Formaldehyde Awareness for General Industry is an introductory online safety course that briefly reviews this hazardous substance as covered by Subpart Z 29 CFR 1910.1048 for general industry. This course focuses on the primary routes of exposure, the symptoms of exposure, the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit and Action Level and STEL and the recommended exposure controls. In addition, you will learn about exposure monitoring, medical surveillance, and record-keeping.

Intended Audience: Formaldehyde Awareness for General Industry is intended for workers who may be at risk of exposure to the chemical.

• General Industry Workers
• General Industry Supervisors
• General Industry Managers

Learning Aids: Formaldehyde is common to the chemical industry. It is used as an embalming fluid and as a sterilizer. It is also classified as a human carcinogen and has been linked to nasal and lung cancer. In this course, you will learn the properties of and exposures to this chemical.

Course Topics

• Introduction to Formaldehyde
• Properties of and Exposure to
• Safety Requirements

Features and Benefits: Formaldehyde Awareness for General Industry online safety course focuses on the properties and exposures of this dangerous chemical. When you have successfully completed this course, you will:

• Know OSHA and the EPA’s standards and exposure guidelines
• Understand the dangers of exposure

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  10 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $30.00

General Housekeeping on the Jobsite Awareness for Construction Online Course Description: In this introductory online safety course, you will learn General Housekeeping on the Job Site, according to Federal OSHA standards. This training focuses on the need for good housekeeping to prevent injury that can lead to, in some cases, crippling, paralyzing injuries and even death. Since housekeeping is controlled by the employee, housekeeping accidents are preventable by you.

Intended Audience: This general housekeeping online safety course is designed for construction workers and managers who are responsible for the safety of their job site according to OSHA regulations.

• Construction Foremen
• Construction Supervisors
• Construction Workers

Learning Aids: In this housekeeping course, you will learn about general housekeeping on the job site. You will also be informed of the legal requirements for ensuring safety to the highest possible standard in the workplace. Once you have successfully completed this course, you will have the understanding you need to anticipate, recognize and control housekeeping hazards for a safer and more productive job site.

Course Topics

• Good Housekeeping
• OSHA Regulations
• Housekeeping Hazards
• Housekeeping Hazard Control

Features and Benefits: By taking General Housekeeping on the Job Site online safety course, you will be made aware of the importance of maintaining your area of operations. When you have finished this course successfully, you will know:

• To consistently keep your area clean and orderly
• To report housekeeping hazards and warn others until hazards are removed
• The importance of keeping aisles, exits, stairs and passageways clear and free of tools, equipment or debris

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  10 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $30.00

Guarding Floor and Wall Openings Awareness for General Industry Online Course Description: Openings and holes present potential fall hazards in the workplace. In this introductory Fall Prevention: Guarding Floor & Wall Openings course, students are introduced to the requirements and the systems for protecting against these types of hazards.

Intended Audience: This course is designed for anyone in General Industry who is subject to or must protect against potential fall hazards from openings and holes. Those supervisors and managers who are responsible for workplace safety in the manufacturing, warehousing, property management, heavy or light industrial and automotive sectors may benefit from this training. However, even if you do not directly work in a manufacturing facility, industrial workplace, or on the warehouse floor, you should be aware of the fall and injury hazards associated with openings and holes. People working in retail, financial, food service, or just about any workplace may be exposed to the hazards from openings and holes in floors and walls.

• Workers in General Industry
• Supervisors and Managers in General Industry
• Employers in General Industry

Learning Aids:

1. Recognize hazards in the workplace associated with openings and holes
2. Identify OSHA standards for guarding opening and holes
3. Recognize protection systems that employers must provide when there is a potential hazard from an opening or hole

Course Topics

• Introduction to Fall Prevention
• Potential Hazards from Floor and Wall Openings and Holes
• Systems and Principles such as Handrails, Covers and Barriers

This online safety course is based on OSHA standards found in 29 CFR 1910.23 Guarding floor and wall openings and holes.

Features and Benefits: Fall Prevention: Guarding Floor and Wall Openings course for General Industry will provide information regarding fall hazards, especially pertaining to floor and wall openings and how to protect yourself from those hazards.

• Be well-versed on guidelines related to floor and wall openings
• Understand common techniques used to protect employees from the dangers of floor and wall openings
• Be familiar with the OSHA standards for guarding floor and wall openings

Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion that will show the 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and 1 Contact Hour received for this IACET-approved course.

Course Length:  30 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $30.00

Hazard Communication Advanced for All Industries Online Course Description: The advanced Hazard Communication Awareness online safety course covers the essential elements of OSHA’s Hazard Communication (often referred to as HazCom) Standard as found in 29 CFR 1910.1200. This course will familiarize you with the essential elements of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), including the 2012 GHS revisions incorporating the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

This online training course has been developed directly from OSHA’s Hazard Communication requirements as outlined in the revised (2012) OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and is intended to help employees understand the essentials of Hazard Communication (HazCom).

Intended Audience: This online Hazard Communication (HazCom) Advanced training is principally intended to provide workers that routinely work with or are otherwise exposed to hazardous chemicals the required training and information above the Introductory or Awareness level. It is also intended for Supervisors and Managers that oversee employees with routine exposure risk or employees who may otherwise be exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace. This training is applicable to Employers and Employees in nearly all places of employment, including Construction, General Industry, Manufacturing, Service and Transportation Services, among others.

• Workers or Employees with routine exposure or potential exposure to hazardous chemicals and substances
• Supervisors and Managers responsible for employees or workers with routine risk of exposure or potential exposure to hazardous chemicals and substances

Learning Aids: This Hazard Communication Advanced online safety course will explain what hazardous chemicals are and how these chemicals can affect the human body. We will also present the student with the different types of hazardous chemicals, as well as what is required on chemical product labels, material safety data sheets (MSDS) and the newer safety data sheets (SDS).

Following this training the student should be able to:                                                                                                    

1. Describe the benefits provided to employees by the HAZCOM Standard.                                               
2. List at least 4 fundamental elements of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).                 
3. List the 3 primary areas of change to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).                    
4. Describe at least 4 required elements of a hazardous chemical label.                                                       
5. Identify the hazards represented by the 9 GHS pictograms.                                                                         
6. Describe the primary benefits of using an MSDS or an SDS for a hazardous chemical.                       
7. Identify at least 3 of the employer’s fundamental responsibilities under the hazard communication standard.                                                                                                                                             
8. Recognize when training beyond the scope of this advanced course is necessary.

Course Topics

• Intro to Hazard Communication
  • Background and Definitions
  • Incorporation of GHS
• Hazardous Chemicals and Classification Basics
• Hazard Communication Responsibilities
  • Manufacturers, Distributors, Suppliers, Importers
  • Employers
  • Employees
• Hazard Communication Written Program Elements
  • Hazardous Chemical Inventories
  • Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • Container Labels: Precautionary Statement, Pictogram, Signal Word
  • Information and Training
    • Methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical;
    • Basics of physical and health hazards of common hazardous chemical classes;
    • Measures an employee can take to protect themselves from hazards, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used;
    • Details of an effective Hazard Communication Program.
• Trade Secrets
• Hazard Communication Checklist for Safety, Health and Compliance
• Additional Sources of Information and Assistance

Course based on the following OSHA Standards:

• OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (often referred to as HazCom) as found in 29 CFR 1910.1200.
• The 2012 revisions to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard incorporating the
• Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)

Features and Benefits:

• Training incorporating the latest regulatory requirements and revisions to HCS
• Clearly understand the requirements of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard
• Understand the elements of a written Hazard Communication Program
• Promote compliance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard
• Minimize potential of citation and penalty for one of the top standards cited by OSHA
• Basics of hazardous chemical identification, evaluation and control techniques
• Potential mitigation of hazardous chemical exposures resulting in possible injury and illness, spill cleanup costs

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length: 60 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $35.00

Hazard Communication for Managers and Supervisors (HazCom/GHS) Online Course Description: This advanced OSHA HazCom for Supervisors & Managers online training course includes introductory and specialized materials which will enable supervisors to better recognize and eliminate, or reduce, Occupational Safety and Health Hazards in their work environments where there are hazardous chemicals. This course also reviews, in relative detail, OSHA’s revised Globally Harmonized System (GHS) requirements for hazard classification, safety data sheets and product labels.

This training course has been developed directly from OSHA’s Hazard Communication requirements as outlined in the revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) and is intended to help supervisors, managers and employers meet their workers basic training requirements for Hazard Communication.

NOTE: It is suggested that Supervisors and Managers also take Hazard Communication Advanced course which provides a good background and introduction of the OSHA HazCom Standard.

Intended Audience: This course is intended to provide Supervisors, Managers and Safety Coordinators or Officers, whose employees may have exposure and/or potential exposure to hazardous chemicals and substances, with Hazard Communication orientation reflecting the latest Employee Right to Know information. This training is also appropriate to:

• Project owners, senior managers, building & facility owners that subcontract to vendors visiting their projects and facilities with the intent of work; and, in doing so, may be exposed to site hazardous chemicals
• Sub-Contractors that visit sites at which they will be using hazardous chemicals and/or exposed to site hazardous chemicals
• Manufacturers, Importers, Distributors or Suppliers of hazardous chemicals

This course is applicable to employers and their staffs in nearly all places of employment, including Construction, General Industry, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Service and Transportation Services.

Learning Aids: This Hazard Communication for Supervisors & Managers online safety course explains OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard, the elements of a hazard communication written program, Hazard Communication responsibilities, the new GHS chemical hazard classification system, the MSDS vs. SDS, labeling requirements and provides helpful training and information tools to promote your company's compliance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).

1. Describe the supervisory responsibilities for providing and maintaining safe and healthful working conditions for employees with respect to hazardous chemicals;
2. List the fundamental elements of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard as it applies to employers;
3. Identify and locate other OSHA standards that align closely with OSHA’s HCS (i.e., OSHA’s Subpart Z).
4. Develop and/or implement an employer’s written Hazard Communication Program meeting OSHA’s expectations to include the hazardous chemical inventory recording, reporting and availability of hazard communication information;
5. Select and utilize supervisor/managerial tips and tools for worker training and information surrounding hazardous chemicals, dealing with spills, detection and abatement of hazardous chemical hazards, and motivation of subordinates toward promoting safe, healthful and compliant work practices.
6. Recognize when additional HAZCOM training or retraining for employees is needed;
7. Identify two sources of additional information on HAZCOM

Course Topics

• Introduction to Hazard Communication
  • Background and Definitions
  • Incorporation of GHS
• Hazardous Chemicals and Classification Basics
• Hazard Communication Responsibilities
  • Manufacturers, Distributors, Suppliers, Importers
  • Employers, including Senior Management & Facility Owners
  • Supervisors and Managers
  • Employees
• Hazard Communication Program Elements
  • Written program
  • Identifying responsible staff
  • Identifying hazardous chemicals and development of a hazardous chemical Inventory
• Hazardous chemical labeling and label elements
  •  Pictograms
  • Signal Words
  • Precautionary Statements
  • Hazard statemen
• Information and Training
  • Tips to promote safety, health and compliance
• Trade Secrets
• General Methods for Hazardous Chemical Detection, Protection & Control
• Additional Sources of Information and Assistance specific to Hazard Communication
• Hazard Communication Compliance Checklist for Supervisors & Managers
• Summary

Based on:

• OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (aka HazCom) as found in 29 CFR 1910.1200
• The 2012 revisions to OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard incorporating the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

Features and Benefits:

• Training incorporating the latest regulatory requirements and revisions to HCS
• Provides additional sources of information and assistance specific to Hazard Communication
• “Hazard Communication Advanced” course, a student will see these benefits:
  • Clearly understand the requirements of OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard and the revisions to the HCS incorporating elements of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
  • Understand the elements of a written Hazard Communication Program
  • Promote compliance with OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard
  • Minimize potential of citation and penalty for one of the top standards cited by OSHA
  • Learn basics of hazardous chemical identification, evaluation and control techniques
  • Learn Potential mitigation of hazardous chemical exposures resulting in possible injury and illness
  • Learn tools and techniques to develop and administer a HCP
  • Learn tips to effectively train and inform employees about HCS

Upon successful completion of the course, each student has the ability to access and print your Completion Certificate at any time, 24/7.

Course Length:  1 Hour and 5 Minutes

Registration: To enroll in this course please follow our Course Registration link below, and provide the information requested.

Pricing: $50.00